Send an e-mail off to the immigration minister asking the questions that need to be asked and then please tick the poll.

Dear Amanda Vanstone,

I would like to ask the following question.

How are developed Countries helping third world countries by removing their most valuable future members -Skilled workers?.

It seems to be encouraging the downfall of these third world countries by creating revolving door poverty and starvation through the removal of their most important future members.The members of their societies who are actually capable of creating a sustainable environment for the future proserity of their country and their people.

I sent an email to Vanstone in May 2004 and didn't receive a reply until March 2005.

Heres an extract of her reply;
"The Government has a long standing commitment to a Migration Program that does not discriminate on racial, ethnic or religious grounds. The Humanitarian component of Australia's Migration Program reflects a proud history of support of international protection. Visa criteria under the Humanitarian Program are designed to ensure that the limited places available go to those in the greatest need of resettlement. In 2003-04 in line with regional priorities recommended by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, priority was given to the resettlement of people from Africa, the Middle East and South West Asia. It is anticipated that in 2004-05 refugee and humanitarian entrants will continue to be primarily from African countries."

There would be no need for humanatarian entry into another country when the UN should challenge the leadership from its origins.

The UN is simply loading other cultures up with the problems that should be solved within their own environments. It is very stressful for the refugee to assimilate to a non compatible environment.

I suggest our government look closer at what they are committing the Australian people to.

Our representatives of their communities in Parliament should also base their decisions and draw a twenty year plan for Australian citizens, then look at what Austraian can do to assist others.

We are in the highest paying taxed country in the world. Everything we do we pay for.

There are other countries that go about making their citizens costs lower similar to the Kiwi's who provide families with no out of pockets expense for children up to 6 years with medical and pharmecutical needs. Another is no regisistration cost for vechiles.

We are not giving any opportunity for this to happen for us, a reward, giving something back too us for working the majority of our daily lives and the ethics that have maintained our prosperous position in the world today.

Our Government is flogging its citizens, meanwhile they play tiddely winks with world aristocrats and elite.

I would like to know how exactly importing skilled workers from the third world is helping anyone. These nations need every skilled worker they can get their hands on. It is the only conceivable way they can pull themselves out of extreme poverty. Australia already has an excess of skilled workers, this policy helps neither the citizens third world nations nor Australians.

No thanks to those who did not.(and remember when you next start whinging and moaning about "there is too many of them" and "What can we do about it" you could have done something productive)

ProudAussie, cheers for sharing your e-mail response with us. It may be reflective of the possible answers the rest of us shall perhaps receive.

Come on everyone else.

The porno thread gets over fifteen hundred views and dozens of posts. It would be good to have that much interest generated on one of these type of threads..............perhaps I should post a photo of a pair of tits to help this thread along?

Elizabeth Colman and Samantha Maiden
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